Parts Canada Superbike Championship

Third Year National Series Continues with Minor Updates

Toronto, ON. – Honda Canada and series organizers Professional Motorsport Productions have confirmed most of the details concerning the 2010 Honda CBR125R Challenge series, one of the National classes in the 2010 Parts Canada Superbike Championship series.  2010 marks the 30th year of Superbike Nationals in Canada, the tenth season of Parts Canada title sponsorship for the Nationals, and Honda Canada looks forward to another season of growth in year three of the CBR125R Challenge.

2010 Schedule

The Honda CBR125R Challenge was founded in 2007, with the goal of providing racers with a cost effective, production-oriented class for rider development.  In 2010, the Honda CBR125R Challenge will comprise of ten events, staring with two rounds at the new ICAR venue in Mirabel, north of Montreal, Quebec, on May 28-30.  The second weekend of racing will encompass three races on two tracks at Race City in Calgary, Alberta, June 25-27.  Another triple header will take place at Mosport, again on the big track and the kart layout, July 9-11.  The 2010 Honda CBR125R Challenge series finale is slated for Atlantic Motorsport Park in Nova Scotia, outside Halifax, with a double header on August 6-8.

Series organizers plan a CBR125R exclusive Official Track Day at the start of the 2010 season, sometime in May, at an Ontario venue.  Activities will be open to riders 13 years of age or older, the same requirements applied to the National tour. 

This Track Day/School event will offer an opportunity for Honda CBR125R racers to get back on track, and for new competitors to start their preparation for the upcoming season, including earning a competition licence.  As well, street CBR125R riders will have a chance to try their machines on track in a controlled environment.

Last season, CBR125R Challenge competitors took part in a demonstration event during July’s Honda Toronto Indy.   A similar arrangement is under discussion for the 2010 Honda Toronto Indy open-wheeled auto race weekend on the lakeshore.

Canadian National Mini RoadRacing Series

The Calgary and Mosport events will also serve as rounds for the Honda CBR125R contingent in the Canadian National Mini RoadRacing Series, organized by famed rider development experts, the Alberta Mini RoadRacing Association (AMRA.ca).  There are six rounds in the AMRA National series for 2010:  Martinsville, SK, May 22-23;  Lumsden, SK, June 12-13; Calgary, June 24-27; Mosport, July 8-11; Chilliwack, B.C., July 31-Augsut 2 and Quesnel, B.C. on August 6-8.

2010 Rules Updates

The Honda CBR125R Challenge series will continue largely unchanged in 2010, with an emphasis on unmodified, identical, spec class single cylinder street-based machinery.

After reviewing rider and owner input from the last two seasons of racing, the Race Kit will now offer the following additional items for 2010:
1. Set-back foot peg plates and longer shift rod to increase ground clearance.  Stock foot pegs and CBR125R passenger pegs will be allowed as before, and CBR600RR pegs are now also permitted.
2. Chain fin, mounted below the left arm of the swing arm to protect rear sprocket.
3. Optional front sprocket with 14 teeth, to supplement the stock 15 tooth front sprocket.  The stock rear sprocket is still required.

The following clarifications have also been issued:
1. The stock front countershaft sprocket cover must be used;
2. The stock chain guard must be installed on the swing arm;
3. The stock, unmodified cooling system must be retained, with no tape on the radiator;
4. The black plastic cover on the top front of the fuel tank must be retained.

Further updates regarding the CBR125R Challenge will be posted during the winter – please watch the dedicated Honda Challenge area on the official Superbike site, cdnsuperbike.com, for details.